You know how every time Pride Month comes around with the parades and coloured crosswalks, you start seeing comments like, “I don’t care if you’re gay, just don’t shove your sexuality in my face.”?
Well, I’ve been thinking about that.
Continue reading “Straight people should be uncomfortable”
About a year or so ago, I wrote a Facebook post where I mentioned that I was unhiding all the people and pages that I had previously hidden, that I was unsanitizing my own news feed, unsiloing it.
I’ve been contemplating that position recently. I’m still doing this, trying to expose myself to different viewpoints and trying to not dismiss viewpoints contrary to my own.
However.
Continue reading “Not unfriending people is a privilege”
Gender and sexuality are things we all force upon our children, as society and as parents.
If our child is born with a penis, for example, the doctor tells us it’s a boy. We believe that doctor and raise that child as a boy. We assign him gendered pronouns and give him a gendered name. We envision him growing into a man one day. We dream of him falling in love with a woman and providing us with grandchildren one day.
Continue reading “We force gender and sexuality onto our children”
Some time ago, I noticed more commentary than usual about the LDS Church’s approach to virginity. I recognize that their approach is problematic and comes with a lot of baggage. I also recognize that a lot of people view virginity in general with a critical lens. That‘s fine. I want to be clear that I’m not trying to shame them. I also want to be clear that I’m not defending the approach the LDS Church takes on virginity, either literally or culturally.
Continue reading “Virginity isn’t always a bad thing”
If God is unchanging, then what God ordains can’t be changed. So if we argue that slavery is ordained by … Continue reading What God ordains can’t be changed
William Saleton, over at Slate, proposes changing sex consent laws. First comes the age at which your brain wants sex … Continue reading Rethinking the age of consent
In Alma 39:5, Alma the Younger chides his son Corianton by saying that his actions were so bad that only … Continue reading Corianton’s Sin
This appeared on WorldNetDaily.com A sexually-explicit guide written in a way that condemns traditional North American values and promotes homosexuality … Continue reading Sex Education
When Jesus visited the Nephites, one of the things he said was the following: Whosoever looketh on a woman, to … Continue reading Lust